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<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 439375" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>Well, we see a child psychiatrist (frankly not that great a help as yet as we have an appointment once every six weeks) and I have a neuro-psychologist exam scheduled for the autumn - the child psychiatrist says he is almost certainly ADHD, but very sociable, an easy communicator and not autistic. To me, it's clear he doesn't have Asperger's - you only have to see him, really. He's quick to read emotions, emotional expressions, doesn't have any great passions about unusual things that occupy him on his own, no issues with eye contact, etc. Listening to the Tony Attwood interview really just made it clearer for me. And, of course, in saying that it is not because I have any prejudice about Asperger's or denial about it... ADHD/ODD is not something I would really go for!! </p><p>But I do think he is very bright. And I think also that (as is apparently typical of ADHD children) he really relishes structure and stimulation, both of which he gets at school. This is what I find - that when I set things out for him clearly and precisely, as they do at school, in terms of an activity, he will rise to the occasion and fulfil the expectations. He is now seeing another speech therapist (though to be honest I'm a bit confused as to why at the moment as she says he has no problems with language or speech delays); the first time we went it, it was farcical - he was running in and out of all the rooms, wouldn't stay still to talk to her, went to the loo and was bellowing at me like some latter-day despot to come and see to him afterwards, etc. The second time we went, I prepared him well ahead of time, said she was going to see him by himself to ask him some questions, I was going to wait in the waiting room and that if he was good afterwards we were going to the playground. And he was good as gold - amazing transformation. Went off like a lamb, sat down with her and answered all her questions with concentration, emerged smiling at the end. </p><p>I was at the dentist's this morning and in a waiting room woman's magazine there was an article about autism... Things are obviously slowly evolving in France, people are getting more aware. It was about the parent of an autistic child who was told there was nothing wrong with her child who wasn't talking or speaking until she went to the States and there he was quickly diagnosed with autism. She has now set up a centre for autistic children in Paris - with a huge waiting list... The article did say that France had been held up in its attitude to autism because of the trend to psychologise everything but that now it was increasingly accepted that it was a genetic problem, nothing to do with parents. This is Paris, though... things are obviously to filter out from the centre.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 439375, member: 11227"] Well, we see a child psychiatrist (frankly not that great a help as yet as we have an appointment once every six weeks) and I have a neuro-psychologist exam scheduled for the autumn - the child psychiatrist says he is almost certainly ADHD, but very sociable, an easy communicator and not autistic. To me, it's clear he doesn't have Asperger's - you only have to see him, really. He's quick to read emotions, emotional expressions, doesn't have any great passions about unusual things that occupy him on his own, no issues with eye contact, etc. Listening to the Tony Attwood interview really just made it clearer for me. And, of course, in saying that it is not because I have any prejudice about Asperger's or denial about it... ADHD/ODD is not something I would really go for!! But I do think he is very bright. And I think also that (as is apparently typical of ADHD children) he really relishes structure and stimulation, both of which he gets at school. This is what I find - that when I set things out for him clearly and precisely, as they do at school, in terms of an activity, he will rise to the occasion and fulfil the expectations. He is now seeing another speech therapist (though to be honest I'm a bit confused as to why at the moment as she says he has no problems with language or speech delays); the first time we went it, it was farcical - he was running in and out of all the rooms, wouldn't stay still to talk to her, went to the loo and was bellowing at me like some latter-day despot to come and see to him afterwards, etc. The second time we went, I prepared him well ahead of time, said she was going to see him by himself to ask him some questions, I was going to wait in the waiting room and that if he was good afterwards we were going to the playground. And he was good as gold - amazing transformation. Went off like a lamb, sat down with her and answered all her questions with concentration, emerged smiling at the end. I was at the dentist's this morning and in a waiting room woman's magazine there was an article about autism... Things are obviously slowly evolving in France, people are getting more aware. It was about the parent of an autistic child who was told there was nothing wrong with her child who wasn't talking or speaking until she went to the States and there he was quickly diagnosed with autism. She has now set up a centre for autistic children in Paris - with a huge waiting list... The article did say that France had been held up in its attitude to autism because of the trend to psychologise everything but that now it was increasingly accepted that it was a genetic problem, nothing to do with parents. This is Paris, though... things are obviously to filter out from the centre. [/QUOTE]
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